Cooking utensil.



RBBRTHOLD.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1912.

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' EMIL BERTHOM), 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COOKINGl UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flied January s, 1912. serial No. (569,933.`

To all whom it may concern: y j

Be it known that I, EMIL BERTI-101.1), a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new anduseful Cooking Utensil, of which the following is a specification.

The essential object of the invention is to provide a utensil adapted to be used in cooking any articles whichmu'st either be submerged in kor retained at a fixed height above the level of avery hot liquid contained in a kettle or caldron, or articles l which it is desired to cook lfirst on one side ing.

ing the container ina differentpositionv ,fromV that indicated 1n F 1g." 2.

and on 4the other. One `.use to which the invention has successfully been applied is the' manufacture of doughnuts, and, by the use of the invent-ion fo-rming the subjectmatter hereof, the utensil containing the uncooked doughnuts can first be lowered to a point where the lower half of each doughnut is submerged in the lard, the upper half remaining abovethe level of the liquid, after which the containercan be inverted and the other side of the doughnuttcooked. After being cooked, the doughnuts can'be' raised out of the liquid, and the doughnut-s permitted to drain into kthe same cald'ron in which they were cooked. In this'manner loss of lard is prevented, and yet the cook obviates the necessity of providing separate utensils for the cooking andfor the drain- Many other possible uses of this invention will readily. occur to experienced cooks and bakers. n

In the drawings, Figure 1v is a top plan view of the utensil; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view show- The utensil is made of desired Asize and shape, but' isfV preferably "round, as shown in the drawings The main body or containeris formed j of two annular sidepieces or members `1 and 2, preferably of sheet metal,k which are hinged together at 3. Reinforcements l vwill prevent bending l ,of the sides 1 and 2, as well ashold the top f l and bottom to the sides.r

`5 of the sides 1 and 2 are bent backward so `that no sharp edges are presented.

The exposed edges To each side-member 1 and 2 a wire mesh 6 is secured, or a foraminous disk (not shown) or any other perforated member may be substituted for said wire mesh. *The` mesh-like member secured to side 1 is `thus the top of the utensil, while the mesh secured f Vand-"2, together with the to to member 2 is the bottom, and the Sides 1 j l and bottom, comprise the container for ot 1er articles to becooked. l 1

The bail 7 is pivotedf'at 8 to side-2and Patented Dec. 17,1912. s

the container can be rotated. `coinpletely, f,

around 1 asshown in Fig. 3, turning upon saidy pivots 8 as oiraxis. Toside 1 the spring-like clamp and hook 9 is riveted or otherwise fastened at 10. \One end of lsaid member 9 is adapted to sink into arfecess 11 in side 2, and thus lock the top and bottom together, as shown in full` lines Fig. 2, but when the top is lifted, afs-shown in dot-ted lines in saidFig. 8,said member 9 hooks fthe top to therbail 7 and 4keeps sameV out ofthe wayof the cook when the doughnuts or simi` lar articles are being handled. The bail 7 carries braces 12, the object of said members 12 being to keep the. bail. elevated when-the utensilis setupon the floor o-r table, and thus prevent said baily from falling.

The-most limportant feature of the invention, however, is the fact that the utensil is provided with stirrups 13, which said stirrups can be adjusted at any desired point upon the bail 7, and in vthis manner the cook can ref j'ulate` at will thekheight ofthe container within thecaldron in connectionwith which samel is being used.y Theistirrup` 13 preferably comprises al strong wire whichis wrapped` several times around each arm of the bail 7, the ends of said wire being crossconnected by a spring 14. The stirrup isy formed with an outwardly projecting foot or 'feet 15, which are adapted to rest upon the edge or mouth of the caldron. The stir- .rup is so made that it will slide upon vbail'7, -but not .-readilyso,.and is held so tightly upon the` bail that considerable efforty is required Vto move it upwardly ordownf wardly, and so that when the stirrups are once moved to the points wherefthe cook wishes, the mere weight of the container and itsk contents will not sufficev tocauseth stirrups toslide.

The operation will-'be 'evidentfrom the foregoing detailed description ofparts, but

may be summarized as follows: The doughnuts are placed within the container, and the top 1.locked1in"place by clamp 9.f `The stirrupsare then adjusted as desired, and the whole utensilfand its contents placed within thecaldron. l rest uponv the sides ofthe caldron,gand thus the container can be held at any desired rThe projecting feety height within the caldron. The bail 7 and stirrupsl need not be of t-he same size and shape shown in the drawings, but may be replaced by any other members or parts which provide an outwardly projecting foot or stirrup adjustable at any desired height above the container. That part of the bail which comes in cont-act with the stirrup is preferably composed of two separate wires or rods, and the stirrup is twined or twisted about each rod of the bail.

As shown in the drawings, the bail 7 is preferably made of wire and is provided with two substantially parallel arms or parts. Wire is used because it is desirable to have the bailing formed of a cylindrical body of uniform diameter. The stirrup 13 is provided with a loop or loops which encircle each arm of the bail 7 and are wrapped around the arms of the bail so that the arms of the bail are slidable within the loops of the stirrup. The spring 14 is located in the space between the two arms of the bail and cross connects the endsl of the wire out of which the stirrup is formed. rlhe lower ends of each arm of the bail are riveted or otherwise firmly secured to braces 12. At a distance above the pivot 8 a cross-arm or rigid brace is provided and fastened to each arm of the bail. rhese cross-arms and the braces 12 being rigid members, keep the two arms of the bail spaced apart from each other, and, since the spring le is located in the space between the two arms of the bail, the spring will pull the two ends of the stirrup together and will cause the loops encircling the bail immediately adjacent to the ends of the stirrup, to be clamped tightly upon the bail, the two arms of which are kept spaced apart a predetermined distance by the unyielding braces or cross-arms aforesaid. The spring 14, therefore, by drawing the two ends of the stirrup together, pro duces such a great degree of friction between the loops of the stirrup and the arms of the bail, which said loops respectively encircle, that the stirrup is not readily slidable upon the bail, and the stirrup will be clamped so tightly upon the bail that the mere weight of the container and itsl contents cannot cause the arms of the bail to slide within the stirrup when the outwardly projecting feet 15 of the stirrup rest upon the caldron.

The container is first lowered to a point where the doughnuts are about half submerged in the lard, and thereafter is inverted so that the other half of each is submerged.'

I claim as my invention:

1. A utensil comprising a container, a bail attached thereto, said bail comprising a pair of arms and means to space said arms apart from each other, a stirrup which encircles each of said arms and which is slidable with respect thereto, and a foot which projects outwardly from said stirrup and which is adapted to rest upon any suitable support.

2. A utensil comprising a container, a bail attached thereto, said bail comprising a pair of members and means to hold same apart a predetermined distance, a stirrup which is wrapped around and encircles each of the members comprising said bail, a spring connected to the ends of said stirrup and adapted to pull same together, said spring being disposed in the space between the two parts of said bail, and an outwardly-projecting foot carried by said stirrup and adapted to rest upon any suitable support.

3. A utensil comprising a container, a bail attached thereto, said bail comprising a pair of substantially parallel arms, rigid means for keeping said arms spaced apart from each other, a member which is wrapped around one of said arms and which encircles said arm, resilient means connecting the said encircling member to the other arm of said bail, said resilient means being adapted to produce friction between the arm of the bail and the member which encircles the same, and an outwardly-projecting foot carried upon the member which encircles said bail, said foot being adapted to rest upon any suitable support.

t. A utensil comprising a container, a bail attached thereto, said bail having a pair of arms and means secured thereto, said means being adapted to space said arms apart from each other, a member which encircles and which is slidably mounted upon one of said arms, said member being provided with an outwardly-projecting foot adapted to rest upon any suitable support, and means connecting said member to the opposite arm of said bail and adapted to produce frictional contact between said first-mentioned bailarm and the member which engages same.

5. A utensil comprising a container, a bail attached thereto, a pivot connect-ing said container to each arm of said bail adjacent to the bottom thereof, said container being revoluble upon said pivots, an outwardlyproject-ing foot secured on each arm of said bail above each of said pivots, said feetbeing adapted to rest upon any suitable sup- EMIL BERTHOLD.

Witnesses:

Guo. A. SHAFER, Roer. l KLoTz.

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